ICC World Cup: England defeated Bangladesh by 137 runs in the league stage match of the ICC Men’s ODI World Cup in Dharmasala on Tuesday.
Chasing a target of 365 runs, Bangladesh were all out at 227 runs in 48.2 overs.
Earlier, put into bat, England scored 364 runs for 9 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs.
Malan top-scored for the team with 140 runs, Root scored 82 runs to take England past the 350-run mark in the match. For Bangladesh Mahedi Hasan and Shoriful Islam were the pick of the bowlers, bagging 4 and 3 wickets each respectively.
